I'm confused and exasperated

[Nytram01]

I'm watching a documentory on the American Civil War in on a UK channel called "Discovery Knowledge" and we're into 1864. We've had about 20 minutes of the hour thus far on Grant and Lee and the East and the death of Stuart, Early's invasion of the North and the seige of Petersburg.

Then it mentioned the Atlanta Campaign. Specifically it said something along these lines:

McCellan seemed to be close to getting his revenge as he challenged Lincoln for the Presidency but Sherman was coming to the rescue. Sherman decides to go for the industrial heart of the Confederacy slightly ignoring Grant's orders. Atlanta was in a panic and was being deserted. Jeff Davis decided to replace Joe Johnston with Hood. Despite Hood being a veteran commander he was not cut out for army command and he only brought bloody defeats and Atlanta fell.

All this took about 3-5 minutes.

How is it possible or even acceptable to go through such an important campaign as the Atlanta Campaign was in a couple of minutes? Without mentioning any battles, any movements, any moments of interest (such as Cassville), without mentioning the mistakes of either side or the backstabbing going in in the AoT.

It's just done the same for the Franklin-Nashville Campain (about 3 minutes) and with Sherman's March to the Sea (about 4 minutes) and the Carolina's Campaign (about 2 minutes without mentioning Bentonville).

 

[M E Wolf]

Dear NYTram01;

It is impossible to fit four years of a Civil War into a DVD movie. Even the DVD Movie Gettysburg; a three day battle was Swiss Cheesed; as there was so much that happened in those three days, with so many Corps, Divisions, Brigades, Regiments, Battalions, Companies, not to mention the supports by supply, ordnance, artillery, cavalry, staff officers, orderlies, surgeons, musicians that doubled as litter carriers.

Same happened with Gods and Generals.

Just some thoughts.

Respectfully submitted for consideration,
M. E. Wolf

 

[ole]

Get into the "annoyed, frustrated and stymied" line Nytram. Plenty of company here.

We've had some success in evening out much of the disparity in relative treatment of the Eastern and Western theaters -- even to the point of not drawing a quartering heretics who claim the war was won in the west.

Sounds like your "Discovery Knoweledge" program is about where our "History Channel" was about 20 years ago ... it has started to pay attention (finally) to the west.

Ole

 

[larry_cockerham]

Get into the "annoyed, frustrated and stymied" line Nytram. Plenty of company here.

We've had some success in evening out much of the disparity in relative treatment of the Eastern and Western theaters -- even to the point of not drawing a quartering heretics who claim the war was won in the west.

Sounds like your "Discovery Knoweledge" program is about where our "History Channel" was about 20 years ago ... it has started to pay attention (finally) to the west.

Ole

From your side of the pond, hopefully you aren't experiencing our local onslaught of political correctness as it relates to the media. I think the earlier comments are pretty much on target. Maybe this was a bit of a hasty preparation, at least it appears so. The war goes on in that regard.